Counter-seat



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(No Model.)

J. P. PRENTISS.

V GOUNTBR SEAT.

No. 597,739 Patented Jan 25,1898.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT Urrrcn.

JUNIUS P. PRENTISS, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNDR TO THE UNITEDSTATES COUNTER SEAT SUPPLY COMPANY, OF PORTLAND,

MAINE.

COUNTER-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,739, dated January25, 1898.

Application filed May 10, 1897. Serial No. 635,771. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J UNIUS P. PRENTISS, of Fall River, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Counter-Seats; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to the class of countor-seats intended for use inshops and similar places. It is fully explained and illus trated in thisspecification and the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows a top view of the seat. Fig. 2 represents a sideelevation of the seat raised for use. Fig. 3 is the same View with theseat let down as when not in use.

The object of this invention is to produce a folding seat for use on thefront or rear of counters that can be readily turned down when notneeded, but that cannot be dropped while any one is sitting on it.

Its construction is as follows: A is a metallio base-plate to be securedto the counter O or woodwork, to which it is attached by means of screwse 6. Near the upper end two ears a a are made on the face of the plate,in which a bar D is held on a pin 4;, which passes through the ears andthe bar between them to serve as a pivot for the bar to move on. Thisbar D supports the seat N, which is fastened on its upper side. Two moreears '5 ii are attached to the face of .the plate A near its lower end,and a brace-bar cl has its lower end pivoted between them, while itsupper end passes up through a bracket 0 on the under side of the bar D,and the upper end of the brace d has an open slot 8 made in it toreceive the bar n of the bracket. (See Fig.

2, where one side of the bracket is broken away to show the bar it ofthe bracket.) The part above the slot is extended out and carried aroundto one side to form a handle 70 to lift the brace by when the seat is tobe let down, as in Fig. 3. The advantage of the long lower member of thebrace 22' below the slot 5- is that it prevents the brace from beingraised while a person is sitting on the seat and letting them down, asit is necessary to raise the seat a little ways with the brace to unlockor let the brace become clear of the bar a of the bracket, so that itwill push out through it and let the seat down. A spring in the shape ofa block of rubber b is held in l a hole in the plate A at the upper sideof the lower end of the brace to assist gravity and make sure of thebrace dropping when the seat is raisedto position, so that the bar awill enter the slots, and a projection g is made on the lower or frontside of the brace to serve as a check to stop the brace and seat fromfalling low enough to mar whatever it is attached to.

Having thus described my improvements, I claim as my invention anddesire to secure by Letters Patent In a folding seat, a base-plate, abar hinged at its inner end to the upper end of said plate, a seatsecured to the outer end of said bar, a bracket fast on the under sideof said seat, in combination with a brace-bar hinged at one end to thelower end of the base-plate and having a slot in its upper end fittingon a bar in the bracket, a rubber spring placed between said brace andthe base-plate, and a V projection on the under side of the brace toprevent marrin g the woodwork, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of May, A.D. 1897.

JUNIUS P. PRENTISS.

In presence of BENJ. ARNOLD, H. E. BARLOVV.

